New York, 212-925-0606
Women Make Movies is a non-profit, multi-cultural media arts service organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. Founded in 1972 to address the under-representation and misrepresentation of women in the media, Women Make Movies operates an internationally recognized Distribution Service and Production Assistance Program. Our distribution collection contains over 500 films and videotapes by and about women which is uniquely curated with our mission of increasing the visibility of women's films and videos, with a specific emphasis on representing women of color and experiences from diverse cultural backgrounds. Our Production Assistance Program is the mechanism by which we assist women filmmakers in production through professional development workshops, fiscal sponsorship, and information services. More »
New York, 212-219-9401
Since 9/11, LMCC has emerged with a central role in the life of Lower Manhattan. As downtown's leading presenting, grants, and service organization for individual artists and arts groups, we work to fulfill our mission through the following activities: 1) Presenting world-class performances, festivals, exhibitions, and public art both independently and with partnering organizations; 2) Running Workspace & Swing Space, two highly regarded and competitive artist workspace programs; 3) Organizing interdisciplinary conferences and policy discussions on timely issues that connect downtown to the international cultural community; 4) Providing dozens of grants annually for arts education, capital projects, public art, and marketing collaborations; 5) Leading cultural planning and advocacy efforts to strengthen Lower Manhattan's creative sector and contemporary art scene. More »
New York, 212-505-5181
The mission of Anthology Film Archives is to preserve, exhibit and promote independent, avant-garde and artist film and video. More »
New York, 212-216-9315
Our mission is to produce high profile television documentaries and ancillary educational media on issues of social significance. More »
New York, 212-966-4510
DCTV believes that expanding public access to the electronic media arts invigorates our nation's democracy. Founded in 1972 by Jon Alpert and Keiko Tsuno, DCTV has fostered a diverse and inclusive media arts community for over 36 years. DCTV pursues its educational mission by introducing members of the community to the basics of electronic media through hundreds of free or low-cost production courses and access to broadcast-quality production equipment. From humble beginnings (DCTV's first educational projects operated from the back of a mail truck), DCTV has established a community-based foothold in a field dominated by large corporations. From its headquarters in a landmark firehouse in downtown New York City, DCTV serves individuals who could not otherwise afford a media arts education. DCTV's broadcast studio allows artists to broadcast work live over cable television and the Internet to millions of households. DCTV's Cybercar, a mobile production vehicle with a giant video ... More »
Pelham, 914-738-2525
The Pelham Art Center offers free and affordable high quality art programs to those living, working in, or visiting southern Westchester County and the northern Bronx. Programs include for ages 9 months - Adult: fee based multi session art classes for all ages, such as: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Yoga, Collage, Photography, Adult + Tot, Stained Glass and more, scholarships, free exhibitions with gallery tours and related public programs, free weekend art workshops, free artist residencies to under served audiences, performances and readings, and professional development. The Center provides services to more than 10,000 households of all art interest levels, ages, abilities, ethnicities and household incomes. The Center is a strong cultural, social and economic foundation for the communities served. The Center works to remove barriers to audience participation in the arts and tries to foster interest in new audiences. More »
New York, 212-691-6500
Dance Theater Workshop was founded on the following principle: to identify, present, and support independent contemporary artists and companies to advance dance and live performance in New York and worldwide. More »
Syracuse, 315-443-1300
The activities of Light Work include an Artist-in-Residence program, exhibitions, publications, grants to Central New York artists, projects for mid-career artists, maintaining a community access photography and computer lab facility, maintaining a collection of contemporary photographic based works, administering classes and workshops in photography and digital imaging, and maintaining a site on the Internet that includes projects, programs, and work from our collection. More »
Brooklyn, 718-398-7255
Franklin Furnace's mission is to present, preserve, interpret, proselytize and advocate on behalf of avant-garde art, especially forms that may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect, their ephemeral nature or politically unpopular content. Franklin Furnace is dedicated to serving artists by providing both physical and virtual venues for the presentation of time-based visual art, including but not limited to artists' books and periodicals, installation art, performance art, "live art on the Internet"; and to undertake other activities related to these purposes. Franklin Furnace is committed to serving emerging artists; to assuming an aggressive pedagogical stance with regard to the value of avant-garde art to contemporary cultural life; and to fostering artists' zeal to broadcast ideas. More »
Narrowsburg, 845-252-7576
DVAA leads collaborations that advance the arts in Sullivan County and the Upper Delaware River Valley; encourages and supports cultural programs relevant to all citizens; and provides services to individual artists, arts organizations and the area's arts industry. More »
Buffalo, 716-884-7172
Squeaky Wheel/Buffalo Media Resources; mission is to promote and support the creation of film, video, audio, and digital art of independent & community media artists in Western NY. We provide low-cost access to media production equipment and media education, with a special focus on outreach to under-served communities and youths. We promote independent media art through screenings & installations, public access cable programming, publications, completion of media projects in workshops, and hands on assistance to media artists and producers. More »
New York, 212-679-0870
The preeminent entertainment industry association for women in New York City, New York Women in Film & Television (NYWIFT) supports women calling the shots in film, television and digital media. NYWIFT energizes the careers of women in entertainment by illuminating their achievements, providing training and professional development activities, and advocating for equity. Membership includes more than 2,000 women and men working both above and below the line. NYWIFT is part of a network of 40 women in film organizations worldwide, representing more than 10,000 members. More than fifty innovative educational programs and special events are produced by NYWIFT each year, in which many highly distinguished producers, directors, writers, craftspeople and industry leaders participate as guest speakers and panelists. These programs are open to the general public, but serve the media arts community. More »
Kingston, 845-633-0819
The practice of Deep Listening provides a methodology for artistic collaboration and musical improvisation and gives composers, performers, artists of other disciplines, and audiences new tools to explore and interact with environmental and instrumental sounds. We support artists who are producing new work based in Deep Listening by providing: 1) an artist-in-residence program; 2) technical and logistical support to associate artists; 3) project residencies for intensive collaborative endeavors; 4) internships; 5) workshops and retreats; 6) informational written material; 7) special programs for youth; & 8) an email list through which artists support and collaborate with one another. We support audiences by 1) producing live performance events and other special projects; 2) providing internet-based access to content; and 3) maintaining a catalog of recordings and scores that are not widely available. More »
New York, 212-989-1422
Asian CineVision is a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions by: Helping to develop and support both emerging and experienced Asian American film and video makers and other media artists working in a range of genres and styles; and helping to ensure that the full spectrum of Asian and Asian American media works reach diverse audiences in Asian American communities and beyond More »
New York, 212-742-8880
MIX NYC promotes, produces and preserves experimental media that is rooted in the lives, politics and experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and otherwise queer-identified people. MIX's work challenges mainstream notions of gender and sexuality while also upending traditional categories of form and content. Through its annual Festival and an innovative series of events throughout the year, MIX celebrates experimentation in sexuality, media arts and political action and continually strives to broaden its scope to include audiences and artists from communities that have traditionally been excluded from or marginalized within the media field, especially communities of color, transgendered people, and lesbian & gay youth. More »
Rochester, 585-469-2691
Metro Justice Education Foundation (MJ) is the parent organization for TV DINNER (TVD), the media education & advocacy group applying for NYSCA funds. MJ is an "independent, grassroots, progressive membership organization seeking a peaceful and just society. The organization works for human rights, total equality, and economic and environmental justice by raising community awareness and engaging in non-violent action." As a task force of MJ, TVD works to: educate the community about media-related issues and how they impact peoples' lives; guarantee that access to electronic media tools includes the broadest possible spectrum of people, with a particular focus on under served urban youth; provide a teaching/learning environment that encourages people to be critical thinkers and critical producers of information and culture. More »
New York, 212-206-7858
The Standby Program is dedicated to fostering the creation and preservation of media art work by democratizing access to media technology, providing technical information and consultation, and producing resources which advance the development of the field as a whole. More »
Bronx, 718-542-4139
The Point Community Development Corporation is dedicated to youth development and the cultural and economic revitalization of the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. Our mission is to encourage the arts, local enterprise, responsible ecology, and self-investment in the Hunts Point community. More »
New York, 212-267-5665
The New American Cinema Group/ The Film-Makers' Cooperative (FMC) was founded in 1961 as a 501(c)(3)not-for-profit organization for the purpose of distributing independent, non-commercial, avant-garde films and videos. It is the first organization of its kind devoted entirely to the artists' exploration of the moving image. Since its founding, FMC has become the largest distributor and "open" archive of avant-garde experimental film and video in the United States. It is a completely artist-run collective. True to its mission, FMC links the work of more than 900 media makers to 600 museums and exhibitors throughout the world, including hundreds of film studies programs in colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. FMC has proven itself as an invaluable resource for countless institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Louvre, the Whitney Museum, Cinematheque Francaise, and the prestigious festivals of Oberhausen, Sundance, Berlin and Rotterdam. More »
Troy, 518-272-2390
Media Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing independent media - video, film, audio, radio, and computer arts - in New York State by expanding resources, support, and audiences for the media arts. More »
New York, 212-688-8280
MUSE Film and Television uses film and digital media to create quality films on the visual arts and culture. More »
New York, 212-465-8200
IFP is a not-for-profit membership and advocacy organization dedicated to providing resources, information and avenues of communication for independent filmmakers, film industry professionals and film enthusiasts. Its programs are designed to help filmmakers navigate the industry, facilitate new marketplaces, develop new audiences and encourage close interaction among business, creative and audience participants. As an advocate for independent filmmakers, IFP is the source for networking and support and promotes film as a vital and influential public art form. More »
Staten Island, 917-548-7780
New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. (NRPA) was founded in 1981 to foster the development of new and experimental work for radio and sound arts. In 1996 NRPA extended its mandate to net art and launched its Turbulence web site. Turbulence commissions artists exploring the networked medium who both use existing technologies and develop new applications to originate innovative work. In 2005 Turbulence extended its commissioning to include networked pieces that exist simultaneously on the Internet and in physical space. More »
New York, 212-937-6580
Founded in 1996, Eyebeam is an art and technology center that provides a fertile context and state-of-the-art tools for digital experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with the larger culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time. Eyebeam challenges convention, celebrates the hack, educates the next generation, encourages collaboration, freely offers its output to the community, and invites the public to share in a spirit of openness: open source, open content and open distribution. More »
New York, 212-277-8020
Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations. Our programs and services facilitate the creation of art by offering vital support to the artists who produce it. We help artists and arts organizations function more effectively as businesses by providing access to funding, healthcare, education, and more, all in a context that honors their individuality and independent spirit. By nurturing today's talented but underrepresented voices, we hope to foster a dynamic and diverse cultural landscape of tomorrow. More »
New York, 646-230-6368
Arts Engine, Inc. supports, produces, and distributes independent media of consequence and promotes the use of independent media by advocates, educators and the general public. By fostering the production and use of independent film, video and new media, Arts Engine connects media makers and active audiences in order to spur critical consideration of pressing social issues. With nearly 20,000 members worldwide, over 7,000 documentary films in an online database, eight Media That Matters Film Festivals, and eight long-form documentaries, Arts Engine is a pioneering force in independent, social-issue media. To find out more, please go to: www.artsengine.net. More »
Spencer, 607-589-4709
The camera is a vehicle that allows an access to certain life experiences we wouldn't normally have access to. It opens people up and grants a unique intimacy with the subjects. Documentary films should share with the viewer this intimacy with the subjects, and should take the viewer somewhere he or she has never been before. My philosophy for making films is to submerge myself into the lives of my subjects - to develop a relationship with them based on trust and understanding. I believe that most of the conflicts results from lack of communication between people. I would like my camera to show and listen to both sides of the issues. It is my small way of changing the world and I think the documentary is an ideal tool to do so. I am interested in people’s lives and I believe that a camera is a good tool to ... More »
New York, 212-529-8815
WE ARE DEDICATED TOWARDS ENCOURAGING AND FOSTERING THE INTEREST OF ALL SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY IN VISUAL, PERFORMING, AND MEDIA ARTS, BROADENING AND ENRICHING THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS OF VISUAL, PERFORMING, CINEMA, AND MEDIA ARTS. It is a multipurpose entity run by artists for artists that presents, produces and sponsors. Since its incorporation it has provided services and support to individuals, groups, and organizations actively involved in the production of visual, performing, and media arts. Allied has a proven track record for effective management. Allied's contacts and resource lists are a vital reference for locating funding sources, materials and production space. In New York City, as a pivotal site, our projects intersect with three programs; Improvement of quality of life in disadvantaged neighborhoods, enhancing of public space and community life and the fostering of an environment conducive to the artistic and creative process. More »
Brooklyn, 718-596-7721
CUP makes educational projects about places and how they change. Our projects bring together art and design professionals with community-based advocates and researchers. Our work grows from a belief that the power of imagination is central to the practice of democracy, and that the work of governing must engage the dreams and visions of citizens. CUP believes in the legibility of the world around us. What can we learn by investigation? By learning how to investigate, we train ourselves to change what we see. More »
Long Island City, 646-319-4413
Flux Factory, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) arts and education not-for-profit organization created in 1994 and incorporated in 1998. Our mission is to support, promote, and produce innovative art through collaborative exchange. As a fully artist-run organization and artistic collective, Flux Factory is unique in both Queens and the greater New York art world. More »
Acra, 518-622-2598
free103point9 is a non-profit arts organization, based in Greene County, NY focused on cultivating the genre Transmission Arts. This genre encompasses a diversity of practices and media working with the idea of transmission or the physical properties of the electromagnetic spectrum (the airwaves). Transmission art is generally a participatory live-art or time-based art, and often is made manifest as radio art, video art, installation, and performance. More »
New York, 212-727-0764
Dance Films Association, Inc. aims to build recognition for dance on camera as an art form, ease the marketing and financial burdens of dance film makers through post production grants, showcases, fiscal sponsorship, and project feedback. DFA disseminates information about exemplary dance films and videos through its bi-monthly journal. By producing an annual dance film festival, touring programs internationally, and organizing workshops, DFA acts as an advocate for dance on camera as a universal language, as an art form with unlimited potential. More »
New York, 212-683-7343
To offer a fiscal sponsorship grant program to individual artists, collaborative artists' projects and emerging arts organizations of all disciplines. More »
New York, 212-594-6464
To provide support and adminstrative structure to independent, emerging artists for the production of new ideas in theater, music, film, and visual art, helping to launch their careers while creating something of value for the community. More »
Mamaroneck, 914-381-2002
The mission of LMC-TV is to strengthen our community by providing the supportive environment and facilities necessary to encourage freedom of speech, public dialogue and artistic expression that reflect the diverse interests and needs of the Larchmont-Mamaroneck Community. More »
New York, 212-627-4455
The New York State Council on the Arts is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens. The Council believes in supporting the following. Artistic excellence and the creative freedom of artists without censure, and The rights of all New Yorkers to access and experience the power of the arts and culture, and the vital contribution the arts make to the quality of life in New York communities. NYSCA strives to achieve its mission through its core grant-making activity and by convening field leaders, providing information and advisory support, and working with partners on special initiatives to achieve mutual goals. Further, NYSCA's vision for cultural development in the state is reflected in the following goals. Sustaining a vital ecosystem of individual artists and cultural organizations that supports the creation, presentation, critical review, and distribution of the arts and ... More »
Buffalo
Buffalo International Film Festival encourages the creation, appreciation and exhibition of all forms of moving media (film, video, web-based) throughout the world. It endeavors to relate international activities to the current and historic accomplishments of individuals, organizations, and cultural groups in the Western New York community to the rest of the world through screenings, educational events, workshops, exhibits and other means. Buffalo International Film Festival will also act as a fiscal sponsor for selected projects. More »
New York, 6462242235
The Digital Performance Institute (DPI) is a laboratory assisting artists in developing new dialogues between technology and performance. DPI’s programs are specifically designed to facilitate artist-driven investigation of technology’s role in multi-disciplinary performance work without the limitations associated with production. More »
New York, 212-431-1130x1
Founded as a not-for-profit organization by artists in 1977, Harvestworks has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. Our mission is to support the creation and presentation of art works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies. Our goals are to create an environment where artists can make work inspired and achieved by electronic media; to create a responsive public context for the appreciation of new work by presenting and disseminating the finished works; to advance the art community's and the public's "agenda" for the use of technology in art; and to bring together innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts collaborating in the use of electronic media. We assist with commissions and residencies, production services, education and information programs, and the presentation and distribution of their work. More »
New York, 212.366.6900
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) empowers artists at critical stages in their creative lives. More »